This activity asks students to sort seashells and calculate the Simpson's biodiversity index. …
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At the beginning of the 20th century, the Kaibab Plateau was witness to …
The Lesson of the Kaibab
Practice labeling the nephron with this reinforcement activity. Students can also color the …
Color and Label the Nephron
In order to convert my lectures to phenomenon-based lessons, I started the community …
Niche Partitioning – Gorongosa Phenomenon
This year I decided to change the way I teach the last unit …
Trophic Cascades
In this activity, students use string to model the gastrointestinal tract as a …
Modeling the Alimentary Canal
Based on the Berkeley website: Understanding Evolution, this version focuses on the how …
Case Study: How Do Tibetans Survive High Altitudes
This data analysis is paired with a short video about how a group …
Data Analysis: Funky Juncos
This activity is designed to help students examine scatter plots that show phenotype …
Data Analysis: Virginia Opossum
This activity was modified from HHMI’s “Modeling the Regulatory Switches of the Pitx1 …
Investigation: Gene Switches in Stickleback Fish
In this activity, students use a codon chart to compare the DNA sequence …
DNA, Proteins, and Sickle Cell
In an effort to add more real data to the DNA (genetics) unit, …
Dog SNPs and Curly Hair
Many of us may have used virtual dissection platforms to supplement classroom activities …
What Happened to Virtual Dissections?
Students use this dissection guide to learn the anatomy of the heart, using …
Sheep Heart Dissection
Coloring activities can be helpful to give students a chance to model the …
Digestive System Coloring
Students explore how DNA becomes a function protein by using a codon chart …
DNA, Proteins, and Mutations
Students studying blood and the lymphatic students can get overwhelmed with the terminology …
Concept Map on Blood
The first part of this investigation, students examine slides of mitosis in an …
Investigation: Mitosis and Cancer Cells
As a part of the chapter on cell signally pathways, students perform a …
Investigation: Taste Buds and Signal Transduction
This case study was modified from the National Center for Case Study Teaching …
Case Study – The Tired Swimmer
This assignment can be a stand-alone activity to help students learn to identify …
Mitosis – Internet Exploration
The CER framework can be a strategy for students to improve their writing …
Using Claim, Evidence, Reasoning (CER)
This case asks students to examine data on children diagnosed with Type 1 …
Case Study: Can a Virus Cause Diabetes?
This popular activity asks students to read a story about a fictional town …